116 Fruits and Veggies
116 Fruits and Veggies
116 Fruits and Veggies
turkishteatime.com
Fruits and Veggies Made with love.
The secret to a long and healthy life: plenty of fruits, an abundance of
vegetables, and a daily dose of Turkish Tea Time.
Dialog
7 | Bengi Ne güzel.
9 | Bengi Bir kilo biber ve iki kilo soğan alayım. Bir kilo da çilek koy lütfen.
Dialog Translation
1 | Bengi These peaches are rotten. Do you have any that are more fresh?
2 | Yunus We don't have any unfortunately. The pears and pomegranates are very fresh. Do you
want them?
4 | Yunus We have tomatoes and bananas. There's no eggplant. What do you want to make?
7 | Bengi Great.
9 | Bengi Let me have one kilo of peppers and two kilos of onions. Also put a kilo of strawberries,
please.
Language Points
Here are some words you should find useful at the Turkish grocery store or farmer's market. For the words used in
today's dialog, check out the vocab section.
Some fruits:
Elma.
Apple.
Portakal.
Orange.
Kiraz.
Cherry.
Erik.
Plum.
Ananas.
Pineapple.
Kivri.
Kiwi.
Üzüm.
Grape.
Roka.
Arugula.
Ispanak.
Spinach.
Havuç.
Carrot.
Kabak.
Squash.
Patates.
Potato.
Brokoli.
Broccoli
Mısır.
Corn.
Salatalık.
Cucumber.
Fasulye.
Bean.
Tuz.
Salt.
Karabiber.
Black pepper.
Zencefil.
Ginger.
Şeker.
Sugar.
Maydonoz.
Parsley.
Kimyon.
Cumin.
Shopping is one of the few, consistent situations you will have to practice your Turkish. If you don't know how to
say something in Turkish, don't fall back to English. Use your Turkish to solve the problem. Here - these should
come in handy.
Bu ne?
What is this?
O ne?
What is that?
Bunu istiyorum.
I want this.
Bunları istiyorum.
I want these.
biber pepper
soğan onion
çilek strawberry
şeftali peach
armut pear
nar pomegranate
muz banana
patlıcan eggplant
domates tomato
dolma stuffed
Review
a. Hayır teşekkürler.
b. Maalesef kalmadı.
c. Evet, kalmadı.
a. Armut var.
b. Armut da var.
c. Armudum da var.
3. Which of the following could you buy to make spaghetti? (pick all)
a. Domates.
b. Çilek.
c. Sarımsak.
d. Erik.
e. Soğan.
f. Fasulye.
Answer Key
1. b
2. c
3. a c e
4. Maalesef kalmadı , Maalesef o kalmadı
5. Benim üzümüm var , Üzümüm var , Üzümlerim var , Benim üzümlerim var
More. . .